The Saudi Foreign Ministry condemned on Monday the US Senate resolutions that blamed the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the killing of the Washington Post’s journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and called for ending the US military support in the Yemen civil war. At the beginning, Saudi Arabia denied the killing of Khashoggi, and gave various narratives, but eventually admitted that the murder was planned by a team of 15 Saudi officials, by orders of an intelligence officer. Last week, the US Congress issued a joint resolution to express its belief that bin Salman is “responsible for the murder of Khashoggi.” It also called on the US administration to end its military aid to the Saudi led coalition in the war-torn country, demanding for an immediate cease-fire. Saudi Arabia, which supports the embattled Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, intervened in the Yemeni conflict in 2015 to prevent the fall of Hadi. Backed by the US, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, the coalition launched hundreds of strikes in Yemen, killing thousands of Yemeni people including civilians.

Source: Daily News Egypt December 18, 2018 08:37 UTC